Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration

Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program

Active| 1994–2006 (or FY95–FY07)[lower-alpha 1]
Branch| Used by United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force
Type| Defense acquisition program
Role| Reduce time to field improved technology, incorporate user into development process

The Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) program was a Department of Defense research and evaluation initiative for mature, advanced technology for United States military usage. These demonstrations allowed for cheaper and earlier evaluation of technology and systems than the formal acquisition process.[1]

An ACTD must be sponsored by an operational user, with approval and oversight from the now-terminated role of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts, or DUSD(AS&C), previously titled the Deputy USD for Advanced Technology, or DUSD(AT).[1][2]

The follow-on Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program was initiated by the deputy under-secretary in 2005.[2] The new JCTD framework emphasized multiservice technology development and improvements in planning. ACTDs were replaced by JCTDs during about a three year span from 2005 to 2008. During 2006, the final round of ACTDs were up for selection, and in September 2006 the winning projects received their formal approval.[3] All remaining ACTDs continued to be funded, though, and were expected to conclude by 2008.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Lists of selected programs
* 1.1 Fiscal year 1995
* 1.2 Fiscal year 1996
* 1.3 Fiscal year 1997
* 1.4 Fiscal year 1998
* 2 Congressional Budget Office assessments
* 3 Outcomes
* 4 See also
* 5 Notes
* 6 References
* 7 Further reading
* 8 External links

## Lists of selected programs

The following lists of ACTDs are separated into which year they were selected and approved during.

### Fiscal year 1995

ACTDs Selected in Fiscal Year 1995[1] Fiscal Year[1] | #  | Title  | Class*  | Total Expected Cost

(1995–2003: mil, K)

| User/Sponsor  | Lead Service or Agency

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Oct. 1994

(FY 1995)

| 1  | Advanced Joint

Planning

| I  | 40.5m[lower-alpha 2] | US Atlantic

Command

| Defense Information

Systems Agency

2  | Cruise Missile

Defense, Phase I

| III  | 74.2m  | US Pacific

Command

| Navy
3  | High-Altitude

Endurance UAV

| II  | 922.6m  | US Atlantic

Command

| Air Force
4  | Joint Countermine  | III  | 402.1m  | US Atlantic

Command

| Navy
5  | Kinetic Energy Boost-

Phase Intercept

| II  | 40.0m  | Air Combat

Command

| Air Force
6  | Low-Life-Cycle-Cost

Medium-Lift Helicopter

| II  | 800K  | Military Sealift

Command

| Navy
7  | Medium-Altitude

Endurance UAV (Predator)

| II  | 128.4m  | US Atlantic

Command

| Air Force
8  | Precision/Rapid

Counter-MRL

| III  | 86.3m  | US Forces Korea  | Army
9  | Precision SIGINT

Targeting System

| I  | 45.4m  | US Forces Korea  | Navy
10  | Rapid Force

Projection Initiative

| III  | 567.8m  | XVIIIth Airborne

Corps

| Army
11  | Synthetic Theater

of War

| I  | 174.2m[lower-alpha 3] | US Atlantic

Command

| None
| *Class I = software development projects; class II = traditional platforms; class III = systems-of-systems

Abbreviations:

* UAV - Unmanned aerial vehicle
* MRL - Multiple rocket launcher
* SIGINT - Signals intelligence

### Fiscal year 1996

ACTDs Selected in Fiscal Year 1996[1] Fiscal Year[1] | #  | Title  | Class*  | Total Expected Cost

(1995–2003: mil, K)

| User/Sponsor  | Lead Service or Agency

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Oct. 1995

(FY 1996)

| 1  | Air Base/Port

Biological Detection

| III  | 19.7m  | US Central

Command, US Pacific Command

| Army
2  | Battlefield Awareness

and Data Dissemination

| I  | 113.4m  | US Atlantic

Command

| Defense Information

Systems Agency

3  | Combat Identification  | II  | 92.7m  | US Atlantic

Command

| Army
4  | Combat Vehicle

Survivability

| II  | 48.6m  | III Corps  | Army
5  | Counterproliferation I  | III  | 123.3m  | US European

Command

| Air Force, Defense Special

Weapons Agency (DSWA)

6  | Counter Sniper  | II  | 1.0m  | US Army

Infantry School

| Army
7  | Joint Logistics  | I  | 168.3m  | US Atlantic

Command, US European Command

| Navy
8  | Miniature Air-launched

Decoy

| II  | 45.0m  | Air Combat

Command

| Air Force
9  | Navigation Warfare  | II  | 83.4m  | US Atlantic

Command

| Air Force
10  | Semi-Automated

IMINT Processing

| I  | 123.2m  | US Atlantic

Command

| Army, Air Force, DARPA,

National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)

11  | Tactical High-Energy

Laser

| II  | 117.1m[lower-alpha 4] | Israeli Ministry

of Defense

| Israel
12  | Tactical UAV program  | II  | 131.3m  | Army, Navy,

Marine Corps

| Army
| *Class I = software development projects; class II = traditional platforms; class III = systems-of-systems

Abbreviations:

* UAV - Unmanned aerial vehicle
* IMINT - Imagery intelligence

### Fiscal year 1997

ACTDs Selected in Fiscal Year 1997[1] Fiscal Year[1] | #  | Title  | Class*  | Total Expected Cost

(1995–2003: mil, K)

| User/Sponsor  | Lead Service or Agency

|
|
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|
|

Oct. 1996

(FY 1997)

| 1  | Chemical Add-On to

Air Base/Port Biological Detection

| III  | 3.2m  | US Central

Command, US Pacific Command

| Army
2  | Consequence

Management

| II  | 3.2m  | Army, Marine

Corps

| Army, Marine Corps
3  | Counter-

proliferation II

| III  | 303.0m  | US European

Command

| Air Force, Navy
4  | Extending the Littoral

Battlespace

| III  | 137.7m  | US Pacific

Command

| Marine Corps
5  | Information

Operations Planning Tool

| I  | 55.1m  | US Central

Command

| Air Force
6  | Integrated Collection

Management

| I  | 12.2m  | US Atlantic

Command

| Defense Intelligence

Agency (DIA)

7  | Joint Advanced Health

and Usage Monitoring System

| II  | 15.5m  | n.a.  | Navy
8  | Military Operations in

Urban Terrain

| III  | 71.9m  | US Special

Operations Command (USSOCOM)

| Army
9  | Rapid Terrain

Visualization

| II  | 54.6m  | XVIIIth Airborne

Corps

| Army
| *Class I = software development projects; class II = traditional platforms; class III = systems-of-systems

Abbreviations:

* n.a. - not applicable

### Fiscal year 1998

ACTDs Selected in Fiscal Year 1998[1] Fiscal Year[1] | #  | Title  | Class*  | Total Expected Cost

(1995–2003: mil, K)

| User/Sponsor  | Lead Service or Agency

|
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|
|

Oct. 1997

(FY 1998)

| 1  | Adaptive Course of

Action

| I  | 19.3m  | US Atlantic

Command, US Pacific Command

| Defense Information

Systems Agency

2  | C4I for Coalition

Warfare

| I  | 20.0m  | US European

Command

| Army
3  | High Power

Microwave

| II  | 2.0m  | US European

Command

| Army
4  | Information Assur-

ance: Automated Intrusion Detection Environment

| I  | 75.1m  | US Strategic

Command

| Defense Information

Systems Agency

5  | Joint Biological

Remote Early Warning System

| III  | 125.7m  | US European

Command

| Army
6  | Joint Continuous

Strike Environment

| I  | 15.9m  | US European

Command

| Defense Information

Systems Agency

7  | Joint Modular Lighter

System

| II  | 26.5m  | US Atlantic

Command

| Navy
8  | Line-of-Sight Anti-

tank

| II  | 257.9m  | US Central

Command

| Army
9  | Link 16 (tactical data

network for NATO)

| I  | 3.3m  | US Atlantic

Command

| Navy
10  | Migration Defense

Intelligence Threat Data System

| I  | 11.4m  | US European

Command

| Defense Intelligence

Agency (DIA)

11  | Precision Targeting

Identification

| II  | 23.0m[lower-alpha 5] | JIATF East

(Joint Inter- agency Task Force East)

| Navy
12  | Space-Based

Space Surveillance Operations

| I  | 21.5m  | US Space

Command

| Air Force
13  | Theater Precision

Strike Operations

| I  | 93.4m  | US Forces Korea  | Army
14  | Unattended Ground

Sensors

| II  | 20.8m  | US Central

Command, US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

| Air Force
| *Class I = software development projects; class II = traditional platforms; class III = systems-of-systems

Abbreviations:

* C4I - command, control, communication, computers, and intelligence

Although not represented in this section, additional ACTDs indeed followed those listed above (during FY 1999–2006).[2][4]

## Congressional Budget Office assessments

Some of the Congressional Budget Office assessments, such as the CBO 1998 Memorandum,[1] reviewed the ACTD program's progress since its initiation in 1994 up until the 1998 assessment. The memorandum summarized the results as "From 1995 through 1998, DoD has spent $3.2 billion on 46 ACTDs. The $3.2 billion represents about 2 percent of DoD’s entire budget for research and development during that time." The memorandum provided some details about the 46 ACTDs as of 1998, and highlighted the Medium-Altitude Endurance UAV (the Predator drone) as on its then successes, having transitioned into a formal DOD Acquisition Program.

## Outcomes

The following programs were completed under the Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration framework:

* Global Hawk[5]
* JSTOW ACTD as part of Joint Semi-Automated Forces

* DarkStar[5]
* JPADS[6]

## See also

* The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP) – An international defense science and technology collaboration between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

## Notes

1. ↑ FY07 ACTD planning had happened two years in advance, from candidacy in Dec. 2005 to Sept 2006 approval, in time for activation just before FY07 (i.e. Oct. 2006 to Sept 2007).
2. ↑ Includes $5.2 million added from fiscal year 1996 funds, i.e. the next year.
3. ↑ Excludes an additional $4.6 million to be provided by the United Kingdom.
4. ↑ Excludes an additional $64.7 million to be provided by Israel.
5. ↑ Excludes an additional $2.4 million to be provided by the United Kingdom.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "The Department Of Defense's Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations". Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC. September 1998. https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/105th-congress-1997-1998/reports/actd.pdf.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "OSD RDT&E Budget item justification (R2 Exhibit)". February 2008. pp. 1. https://apps.dtic.mil/descriptivesum/Y2009/OSD/0603648D8Z.pdf. "It is anticipated that all ongoing ACTDs will be complete by FY09."
3. ↑ Peterson, Mark (18 April 2006). "Microsoft PowerPoint - Peterson NDIA ACTD Brief April 2006-Public.ppt". Director, Program Resources & Integration, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), DDR&E/AS&C (Advanced Systems & Concepts). pp. 7, 9. https://ndia.dtic.mil/wp-content/uploads/2006/science/peterson.pdf. "JCTD First introduced in the FY 2006 President’s Budget"; "FY07 ACTD Candidates Submitted [in] Dec [2005] (__Note__): FY08 programs are referred to as ACTDs instead of JCTDs due to pending nature of the JCTD program, circa April 2006. Presumably once approved, it would have been updated to match. (__Editor Note__)"
4. ↑ "[FY 1995 to FY 2009 Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations (JCTD) | JCTD website"]. July 2009. http://www.acq.osd.mil/jctd/descript.htm.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Drezner, Jeffrey A.; Leonard, Robert S. (January 2002). "Innovative Development: Global Hawk and DarkStar: Their Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator Program Experience, Executive Summary". RAND. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1473.html. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
6. ↑ Benney, Richard. "The Joint Precision Airdrop System Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration". American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. http://faculty.nps.edu/oayakime/ADSC/PATCAD - Benney - The Joint Precision Airdrop System Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration.pdf. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

## Further reading

* "Army Science and Technology Master Plan: (section 1): Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD)". Federation of American Scientists. 21 March 1997. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/army/docs/astmp/c1/P1E1.htm. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
* Haas, David J. (2000). "Joint Advanced Health and Usage Monitoring System (JAHUMS) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD)". American Helicopter Society International. https://vtol.org/store/templates/product/createPreview.cfm. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

## External links

* "Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations (ACTD) Website". Defense Acquisitions University. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231029/https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=37609&lang=en-US.

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